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The Massachusetts Circular Letter: A Springboard for Colonial Defiance

by Andrew Tylock | Sep 13, 2018 | American Revolution, History, James Otis, Samuel Adams

In 1767 colonial America, 20 years before the signing of the Constitution of the United States, and eight years before the first shots of the Revolution rang out in Lexington and Concord, the prelude to the revolt against British rule was already in full swing. The...

Government Officials Who Abuse Their Power Deserve Derision Not Respect

by Mike Maharrey | Aug 10, 2018 | Historical Documents, History, James Otis, Samuel Adams

A lot of people say we should be respectful of politicians, even if we disagree with their actions. They say we should “respect the office.”’ That certainly isn’t how the American colonists treated British officials who were abusing their power. In 1767 and...

America: Untethered from Its Constitutional Moorings

by Mike Maharrey | Mar 7, 2016 | Constitution, Founding Principles, James Iredell, James Otis, Samuel Adams

The colonists fought a war to tie government down. Under British rule, government had become more and more arbitrary. Parliament and the King could issue edicts and pass laws detached from any absolute guiding principles. Americans called this tyranny. In the British...

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